TheAlmightyGringo79

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

thanks again canvas,
i have no intention of selling the machines. just wanna do it for fun and to become more inimate with my machines. i do wanna get the book, but what with the recession here in the uk, and the recent VAT tax hike, money is at a premium. i have a good diagram of the machine now, its basic but has all the relative info i need,
i have actually made a working “prototype” proper coiled machine, but ill never use it as i made it before i knew really what i was doing, so allignment is all crapppy and that, but it works and is pretty to look at.
now with that lil bit more experience i have started work on another machine, but with the diagram i have as a guide, ( i have also learend a hell of lot about voltage and so on, ) so hopefully this will be a better model. lmao. i guess time will tell.
thanks any way s guys.

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

yeah thats what i thought, i have been using it to clean hard surfaces and such things. ive been using diluted green soap since i started. guess i just got some misinformation.
as for the alcohol, do you use denatured or straight rubbing alcohol?
sorry to be a bug man but i dont want to harm my clients in the futre when im tattooing properly ya know?

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

in response to the original post here, All well and good saying nickel and dime thicknesses, but i am in the U.K so any idea of that approxamation for us brits please?

Thanks in advance.

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

hahahahaha agreed ^^

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

matt, you ARE not alone.

4 kids.

mortgage.

wife.

circus skills expenses ( we all do fire shows, Poi Staff Swords (custom built) and fire breathing, parrafin is bloody expensive)

and the job.

we gotta start some where.

Andi

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

so having a tattoo makes you “special”

dang i must be super freaking mega special.

tattoos dont make yo special. its what they are and there meaning. all mine have a meaning/message/dedication.

did you just have a walk in session?

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

hey, like you i thought about it years ago and of course now i am going for it. not that im encouraging bad habits but you can get machines freely. as long as you pay the utmost attention to hygene, there is nothing stopping you getting a kit and practising on pig skin. just treat as you would a client. drawing is something i do every day now. try painting too when you have the confidence. start a folder of you art work. and if i may make a suggestion, get a course book called drawing on the right side of the brain. great to help you get drawing well. i dont mean to plug i have nothing to do with the book apart from owning it. but it helped me to draw well again. then just immerse ya self in tattooing. im not aprenticed, but i have guys i can talk to who give me advice. at least 6 of my freinds are tattooists. theres so much to learn on here too. i swear i lost two days of my life looking through articles on here and im getting that book from here too. and the guys here are very encouraging too.(even if they shamelessly plug there product ;) )
dont let anything bog ya down, practise hard and get the right kit and advice. and just do it.

Andi.

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

yeah chilly, i been doing the same, looking at casting my own frames now as a good freind of mine can cast metals for me ( he has made me medievil battle helmets and my fire sword for me)
so im looking to proper make up some real custom machines. as for the book, already on the shopping list dude.
but yeah i have got to know the basic layout of a machine quite well now. i like you bought a couple ebay specials and one arrived with the contact screw set screw broken. so immeediatly i thought “there is a project for me there. lolz.

any how cheers mate!

[TheAlmightyGringo79]

no point in giving up chilly, gotta do what ya gotta do. :D

Thnaks mate.

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